| Show SOLEMN OPINION silver to be honored by the republican party at colorado springs the only mc kinley town in the state colof rados english senator endeavors to tell the people what should be done 8 colorado springe colo jetor E 0 wolcott delivered his first speech this evening the only mckinley town in the state and per ha pa the only one where he could deliver eucha without enrioue trouble alle given a big reception upon hia arrival be was greeted by large crowd and escorted to the botel where he made A briet speech from abalony at the coliseum this evening people crowded in to hear him and an overflow meeting was held in the north park free excursions were run from denver and other cities bringing la several bundred people alter dwelling upon local issues and the importance to colorado 0 protection and an arraignment of the chicago platform the benator spose as follows from the jumble aud farrago of the chicago platform with its populist ap pend aee turn to tho republican platform at bt louis except on the silver question the party never stood more squarely squar ply for everything which we in colorado who coed the republican ticket have held most dear the candidate of the convention bleu minded able distinguished both as a foldier and a clean upright and of wide experience is an ideal american go much of the platform as relates to dilver is unsatisfactory to us who live in colorado we all republicans could see this vital money question as we do and that this great party which on all other questions affecting the welfare of mankind has stood for the masses against the clamae cl asae could have insisted on the restoration of silver to its old place as a standard of value the majority of the convention thought otherwise however it declared 1 for bimetallism by international agreement and the party to to secure this agreement pledge will be kept and I 1 leave for myself every belief that through of the republican party this result will bo attained the day of silver is coming it ia my serious and opinion the full recognition of silver will come soon hat it will come through the efforts and inder the direction of the republican laity in which the conservative people f this country have confidence and hat it will never came the populist aggregation beaded y this wandering orator of the plate loui inte reeta and mine are all in colo ado today our state is depressed and impoverished A bright future is in tore tor us and it will come as every ither good thing has come to colorado andera republican administration it vill come with william McKinle yat the icim of state the campaign upon which we have entered differs from all those which nave proceeded prece eded it in many respects but specially in the deliberate effort here ind elsewhere to array one section of common country against the other ind one class of our fellow citizens against other classes the campaign Is on ducted upon the false theory that he people who labor and the people aho vho are in debt ought to unite the people who do not their bands or who labor and awn their bobee tha every man who means is a conspirator against be welfare and happiness of the man aho must rely on the fruits of bis dally ibor and eliat inasmuch as men are aare largely borrowers of money in the rest and south than in the north and ast therefore the sections are engaged a a bitter and violent war for cy the interests of one being diametric ally opposed to those of the other it is wicked to endeavor to into be minds of the people in any one the opinion that those of another w either corrupt or unpatriotic in the ww they hold on the money question ve in are benefit in the opinion we hold the citizens f new england and pennsylvania aud bio aud other northern and eastern tales are equally honest in their views ind there should be only condemnation f the incendiary newspaper utterance it the journals of cither section which k in order to attract local sub cribar cri to and misrepresent and buse the citizens of the other |
